The Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) of Sierra Leone has announced a new pricing regime for petroleum products. This move follows an extensive review of the 30-year-old fuel pricing structure, conducted in collaboration with the World Bank and other relevant stakeholders. The revised pricing regime introduces key changes to better reflect market dynamics and the cost…
By:Edward Dictionary Caulker. If you have the opportunity to ask people on the streets of Sierra Leone about the entertainment industry, they would eventually talk about sports, music, comedy, and film. It is interesting to realize that there are many other forms of entertainment available in the country, including content creation, fashion, arts and crafts,…
Dr. Richard Konteh, a prominent figure and former flag bearer candidate of Sierra Leone’s opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party, has expressed concerns regarding the recent award of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact grant to the country. In a statement released by his team, Dr. Konteh conveyed mixed feelings about the announcement. While acknowledging…
Abass Papani Kabbia, a Sierra Leonean student at Cyprus International University, has emerged as the best graduating student for the 2023/2024 academic year. Kabbia achieved an outstanding academic record, scoring a total of 36 A’s and 3 B’s throughout his four-year course at the university. Kabbia joined Cyprus International University in 2021 to study Molecular…
To enhance the regulatory framework and operational stability of cooperative credit unions in Sierra Leone, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL), the Department of Cooperatives (DoC), and the National Cooperative Credit Union Association (NaCCUA). The signing ceremony took place on June 21 at the Sam Bangura Building…
On Thursday, June 27th, 2025, the National Sports Authority (NSA) gathered eighty sports administrators from 59 sporting bodies to initiate the institutionalization process of the Sierra Leone Anti-Doping Authority and the Position of Trust (POT). Held at the City Hall View Conference Room in Freetown, the one-day engagement aimed to set clear guidelines on the…
In a session held at Kenema Magistrate Court No. 2 under the oversight of Magistrate Mustapha Brima-Jah, 19-year-old student Wurie Jalloh, a resident of Pujehun Section in Kenema, has been sentenced to five years in the Sierra Leone Correctional Centre. The sentence follows his guilty plea to a charge of larceny, as per Section 2…
The Appeals Committee of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has concluded the appeals process involving East End Lions and BO Rangers regarding the FA Cup. The committee has decided to reduce the fine imposed on BO Rangers from sixty million old leones (60,000,000) to twenty million old leones (20,000,000). Despite the reduction in the…
Dusu Daboh and Mariama Jawara made their first appearance in court before Magistrate Hadiru Daboh of the Kabala Magistrate Court. They are accused of allegedly beating their landlord, Shekuba Kamara, to death. The accused, Dusu Daboh and Mariama Jawara, are facing two charges: conspiracy and murder, under the laws of Sierra Leone. During the court…
The Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) has announced the temporary closure of the Upgun Roundabout-Bai Bureh Road intersection. The closure is scheduled to take place from 10:00 p.m. on Friday, June 28th, until 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 30th, 2024. The SLRA has stated that this closure is necessary to conduct a major maintenance intervention…